Our traditional services here at Gainesville First UMC, consist of a full choir ensemble each Sunday. We have a hand bell choir that also performs as well as our children and youth choirs. Our traditional service is known as our formal service which means that our choir and pastors are wearing robes. We also have our acolytes, who are some of the children, to light the candles each week. We provide Holy Communion or Lord's Supper during the first Sunday starting October, 2004. As a sample service please view the the following order of worship:
THE WORSHIP OF GOD
Preparing for the worship of God
- Parish Notices and Ritual of Friendship
- Prelude
- Lighting of the Candles
- Choral Introit
- Call to Worship
Praising God
- Hymns of Praise
- Affirmation of Faith
- Goria Patri
- Anthem
- Celebration of Attendance
- Reception of New Members
- Sacrament of Baptism
- Offering
- Offertory
- Doxology
- Children's Moments
Praying to God
- Parish Concerns
- Pastoral Prayer
- The Lord's Prayer
Partaking of the Word of God
- Sermon
- Invitation to Christian Disciples
Parting to Serve God
- Extinguishing of the Candles
- Benediction
- Benediction Response
- Postlude
